DIY Watermelon Tins

For this months recycled Pirouline project I decided to embrace the Summery fruit icons that are trending! Around the web I've seen watermelon hats, citrus slice pool floats, pineapple cookies, etc. Fruit is in for the summer! Which is fine by me.

I used some of my favorite DecoArt acrylic paints to turn these empty Pirouline Cookie tins into watermelons!

Supplies:

Empty tins

Blue Painters Tape

1" paint brush

#4 paint brush

Lime green acrylic paint

Dark green acrylic paint

White acrylic paint

Black acrylic paint

Red, Pink or Yellow acrylic paint (for the melon color)

Note- Let the paint completely dry in between steps. You may need to add more than one coat of each color to fully cover the printed tin.

1. Start by taping placing a strip of tape about 1" up from the bottom of the tins using the blue painters tape.

2. Paint the tin above the tape with pink. Or red or yellow, or whatever color you want your watermelon to be! Also paint the lid.

3.Move the tape down about a 1/4" of an inch and paint the section between the tape and the painted pink white, for the watermelon rind.

4. Remove the tape and paint the bottom section of the tin in lime green. Once dry, use a #4 paint brush to paint little squiggles with dark green paint, as pictured below.